Ali Alvi's WebLog - All Commentshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/Developer - IE Networking | Downloaden-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875) Ali Alvi s WebLog Internet Explorer Expert Zone Chat | Paid Surveyshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/02/09/369952.aspx#9660911Sat, 30 May 2009 02:44:20 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9660911 Ali Alvi s WebLog Internet Explorer Expert Zone Chat | Paid Surveys<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://paidsurveyshub.info/story.php?title=ali-alvi-s-weblog-internet-explorer-expert-zone-chat">http://paidsurveyshub.info/story.php?title=ali-alvi-s-weblog-internet-explorer-expert-zone-chat</a></p>
<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9660911" width="1" height="1">Ali Alvi's WebLog : iPod Photo 40 GBhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/04/15/408683.aspx#8543322Sat, 24 May 2008 04:47:06 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8543322Audio<p>So my wife got me a new iPod Photo as my anniversary gift (gotta love her for knowing me so well - albeit my incessant drooling while looking at the iPods in the Apple Store in Bellevue Square might have given her an idea or two - but nevertheless it</p>
<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8543322" width="1" height="1"> Ali Alvi&#8217;s WebLog : iPod Photo 40 GB at Restaurantshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/04/15/408683.aspx#6916896Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:14:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6916896 Ali Alvi’s WebLog : iPod Photo 40 GB at Restaurants<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://restaurants.247blogging.info/?p=944">http://restaurants.247blogging.info/?p=944</a></p>
<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6916896" width="1" height="1">Earthquake disaster in Pakistan - How you can help!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/10/11/earthquake-disaster-in-pakistan-how-you-can-help.aspx#6545418Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:55:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6545418Earthquake disaster in Pakistan - How you can help!<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://feeds.maxblog.eu/item_376623.html">http://feeds.maxblog.eu/item_376623.html</a></p>
<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6545418" width="1" height="1">Browser Security News &raquo; URL Handling in Internet Explorer 7http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/08/18/url-handling-in-internet-explorer-7.aspx#1504979Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:58:23 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1504979Browser Security News » URL Handling in Internet Explorer 7<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/21/url-handling-in-internet-explorer-7-2/">http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/21/url-handling-in-internet-explorer-7-2/</a></p>
<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1504979" width="1" height="1">Browser Security News &raquo; Some news on IE7 for XPhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/12/06/some-news-on-ie7-for-xp.aspx#1504978Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:58:23 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1504978Browser Security News » Some news on IE7 for XP<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/21/some-news-on-ie7-for-xp-2/">http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/21/some-news-on-ie7-for-xp-2/</a></p>
<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1504978" width="1" height="1">Browser Security News &raquo; Its finally here!!! Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) for the WORLD!!!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/19/its-finally-here-ie-7-for-the-world.aspx#1452134Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:08:59 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1452134Browser Security News » Its finally here!!! Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) for the WORLD!!!<P>PingBack from <A href="http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/11/its-finally-here-internet-explorer-7-ie7-for-the-world/" target=_new rel=nofollow>http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/11/its-finally-here-internet-explorer-7-ie7-for-the-world/</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1452134" width="1" height="1">Browser Security News &raquo; Why is &#8220;My Computer&#8221; Zone hidden in inetcpl in Internet Explorer and how do I make it show up?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/22/why-is-my-computer-zone-hidden-in-inetcpl-in-internet-explorer-and-how-do-i-make-it-show-up.aspx#1452133Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:08:53 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1452133Browser Security News » Why is “My Computer” Zone hidden in inetcpl in Internet Explorer and how do I make it show up?<P>PingBack from <A href="http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/11/why-is-my-computer-zone-hidden-in-inetcpl-in-internet-explorer-and-how-do-i-make-it-show-up/" target=_new rel=nofollow>http://www.ie7security.net/2007/01/11/why-is-my-computer-zone-hidden-in-inetcpl-in-internet-explorer-and-how-do-i-make-it-show-up/</A></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1452133" width="1" height="1">re: Pandora by Music Genome Projecthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/25/pandora-by-music-genome-project.aspx#1224783Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:58:12 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1224783Steve<p>OpenPandora is open-source -- a point made clear in the license agreement. &nbsp;</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://code.google.com/p/openpandora/source">http://code.google.com/p/openpandora/source</a></p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1224783" width="1" height="1">re: Pandora by Music Genome Projecthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/25/pandora-by-music-genome-project.aspx#1104701Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:28:38 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1104701Joku<p>Thanks for this. I created Boards of Canada station and indeed quite many good songs I've never heard before even though I have serious collection of electronica music.</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1104701" width="1" height="1">re: Pandora by Music Genome Projecthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/25/pandora-by-music-genome-project.aspx#937852Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:47:45 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:937852alialvi<p>I have tried Open Pandora and I must say it is incredibly awesome and just what the doctor ordered. I LUV IT !!</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=937852" width="1" height="1">re: Pandora by Music Genome Projecthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/25/pandora-by-music-genome-project.aspx#935956Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:56:09 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:935956Saira<p>Ive been meaning to try this out for ages. Def. going to remember to now.</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=935956" width="1" height="1">re: Vulnerability Reports in IE7?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/19/vulnerability-reports-in-ie7.aspx#904295Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:14:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:904295alialvi<p>Kim: I believe the OE team is aware of this issue and they will be the ones who will fix it. The issue is in their protocol handler (mhtml). It will be prioritized and fixed according to the severity of the issue. </p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=904295" width="1" height="1">re: Vulnerability Reports in IE7?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/19/vulnerability-reports-in-ie7.aspx#891084Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:37:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:891084Kim Smith<p>If the problem is with Outlook Express, them how do you fix it?</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=891084" width="1" height="1">re: IE team congratulates Mozilla on shipping Firefox 2 (FF2)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/24/ie-team-congratulates-mozilla-on-shipping-firefox-2-ff2.aspx#874809Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:51:42 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:874809Dave Fourputt<p>Sending a cake was a class act. &nbsp; Very nice gesture.</p>
<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=874809" width="1" height="1">re: Pandora by Music Genome Projecthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/25/pandora-by-music-genome-project.aspx#874568Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:54:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:874568Greg<p>Another cool systray Pandora player is Open Pandora, <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://openpandora.googlepages.com/">http://openpandora.googlepages.com/</a></p>
<p>It's been around for a while and has a number of cool features (like Now Playing support for Live Messenger/XFire, multimedia keyboard support, last.fm integration, etc.)</p>
<p>The only issue I have with Open Pandora is that the name is a little confusing... It's freeware, not OSS (so no source seems to be available). </p>
<p>Besides that it's a pretty cool and complete Pandora player...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=874568" width="1" height="1">re: Vulnerability Reports in IE7?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/19/vulnerability-reports-in-ie7.aspx#853267Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:16:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:853267marishalev<P>I believe I’ve addressed my comment to a wrong person. If that is the case, please excuse me.</P>
<P>It happened by accident. I was running the spell test in my outlook using work email in reply mode.</P>
<P>I perfectly aware that your name is Ali!</P>
<P>Thank you</P>
<P>Marina </P><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=853267" width="1" height="1">re: Vulnerability Reports in IE7?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/19/vulnerability-reports-in-ie7.aspx#853253Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:07:16 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:853253marishalev<P>Thank you for a quick reply!</P>
<P>We have the following situation. Our company is using in-house application that checks if all needed MS &nbsp;patches are installed on user's computer before the user can VPN into the system using Cisco based VPN client. The application runs at the background, without user interaction. &nbsp;The "rules" that are used to check if the MS patch is installed are based on MS security bulletin. MS06-055 clearly states that if you have Windows XP SP2 then you need to install the update. So the rule was created prior the release of IE7 and now we ran into the situation when all users that have IE7 on XP SP2 are getting the warning that they have to install MS06-055 update from our program, then they go to MS site to install update and in fact the update can not be installed. But our application still blocking them from VPN into the system. </P>
<P>That's why , in my opinion, it would've been helpful for MS to clarify the update MS06-055 (or maybe others too). They had the clarification for Windows 2K SP4 and XP SP1 there:</P>
<P>"Affected Software:</P>
<P>For information about the specific security update for your affected software, click the appropriate link:</P>
<P>Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows XP Service Pack 1 (all versions) </P>
<P>Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (all versions) </P>
<P>Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Windows 2000 (all versions)" </P>
<P>And this is the line about affected software for Windows XP SP2</P>
<P>"Windows XP Service Pack 2 (all versions)</P>
<P>I believe it should've been stated that the affected software for Windows XP SP2 is IE6 , as you mention in your reply. </P>
<P>We created in-house rules to check for MS06-001 - MS06-058 patches. I can not rely on security bulletins now. So do I have to go and research each ms patch starting from MS06-001 till MS06-057 using blogs, manual tests to determine if the rule for the patch should be changed to affect IE7 users? Do I have to add the condition for all Windows XP Sp2 users that checks if IE7 is installed then rule should not be activated? I’m not really sure now what the best way to handle our situation. </P>
<P>Thank you for time you spend reading it.</P>
<P>Marina </P><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=853253" width="1" height="1">re: Vulnerability Reports in IE7?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/19/vulnerability-reports-in-ie7.aspx#853194Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:18:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:853194alialvi<P>Marina: The VML vulnerability that we shipped a fix for only affects IE6 on XPSP2. In the <A class="" href="https://mail.windows.microsoft.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/09/29/777193.aspx" target=_blank>blog post</A> that IE team made when we shipped the fix, we specifically mention that IE7 is not vulnerable.</P>
<P>thank you for your post. </P>
<P>Ali</P><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=853194" width="1" height="1">re: Vulnerability Reports in IE7?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2006/10/19/vulnerability-reports-in-ie7.aspx#852000Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:53:12 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:852000marishalev<P>Hi!</P>
<P>Hi!</P>
<P>Regarding vulnerabilities and IE7.</P>
<P>There seems to be some confusion about exactly what systems are affected by Vector Markup Language (VML) vulnerability (MS06-055 security bulletin). &nbsp;The bulletin itself states that XP SP2 is affected, and you need to download the update. But if you &nbsp;try to install the update on some XP SP2 machines running IE 7, it won't install. I wonder if you can send me into right direction on who to find a person who can get it clarified in the bulletin MS06-055</P>
<P>Marina Levshteyn</P>
<P>marina@inspectsoft.com</P><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=852000" width="1" height="1">IE 7 Preview (Limited)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/01/12/tabbed-browsing-in-ie-vs-other-features.aspx#845696Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:57:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:845696Ali Alvi's WebLog<p>Today, the IE team decided to share some of the details of its upcoming release. Chris Wilson posted</p>
<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=845696" width="1" height="1">re: Next Version of Internet Explorer !!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/02/15/next-version-of-internet-explorer.aspx#397415Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:58:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:397415jgilmoreHow about some operating efficiency. IE 6 on Win2k Pro still uses tremendous amounts of memory. Admittedly, Firefox is no longer a lightweight either. Top three wishes:
&lt;br&gt;1) Make it fully support CSS2 and XHTML 1.1 correctly.(If you want to add bells and whistles add OPTIONAL functionality and integrated features such as RSS support or cross application functions such as integrated Media Player features.)
&lt;br&gt;2) Make it secure.
&lt;br&gt;3) Lets see some tabs.
&lt;br&gt;As mentioned above customizability would be nice but lets all remember that IE is for the masses and the masses dont't customize. It might not be bad to have a developer tool-set as a seperate download like Chris Pederick's Webdeveloper toolbar for Mozilla/Gecko Based Browsers.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=397415" width="1" height="1">re: Next Version of Internet Explorer !!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/02/15/next-version-of-internet-explorer.aspx#395233Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:46:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:395233FoxjazzYea, I think Firefox is the next IE.
<br>It is a hell of a lot safer, and &quot;shit&quot; doesn't happen.
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<br>Fox<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=395233" width="1" height="1">re: Next Version of Internet Explorer !!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/02/15/next-version-of-internet-explorer.aspx#394081Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:08:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:394081PMThree things to add for IE 7.
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<br>1. Follow the standards. If you want to use your &quot;improvements&quot; in rendering pages, add it as an extra, like what Borland did with Pascal.
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<br>2. Add Tabbed Browsing. I use Firefox mainly because of this feature.
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<br>3. Enable addons system similar to Firefox Extensions if possible.
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<br>While options 1 and 3 might be difficult to implement for a number of reasons, PLEASE make Tabbed Browsing available.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=394081" width="1" height="1">re: Next Version of Internet Explorer !!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alialvi/archive/2005/02/15/next-version-of-internet-explorer.aspx#384114Thu, 03 Mar 2005 06:52:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:384114anon<br>Why Use Firefox?
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<br>“Beware of spyware. If you can, use the Firefox browser.” - USA Today
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<br>“Better than Internet Explorer by leaps and bounds.” - FORBES
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<br>Popup Blocking
<br> Stop annoying popup ads in their tracks with Firefox's built in popup blocker.
<br>Tabbed Browsing
<br> View more than one web page in a single window with this time saving feature. Open links in the background so that they're ready for viewing when you're ready to read them. Find out more...
<br>Privacy and Security
<br> Built with your security in mind, Firefox keeps your computer safe from malicious spyware by not loading harmful ActiveX controls. A comprehensive set of privacy tools keep your online activity your business.
<br>Smarter Search
<br> Google Search is built right into the toolbar, and there is a plethora of other search tools including Smart Keywords (type &quot;dict &lt;word&gt;&quot; in the Location bar), and the new Find bar (which finds text as you type without covering up anything).
<br>Live Bookmarks
<br> RSS integration lets you read the latest news headlines and read updates to your favorite sites that are syndicated. Find out more...
<br>Hassle-Free Downloading
<br> Files you download are automatically saved to your Desktop so they're easy to find. Fewer prompts mean files download quicker.
<br>Fits Like a Glove
<br> Simple and intuitive, yet fully featured, Firefox has all the functions you're used to - Bookmarks, History, Full Screen, Text Zooming to make pages with small text easier to read, etc.
<br>S, M, L or XL—It's Your Choice
<br> Firefox is the most customizable browser on the planet. Customize your toolbars to add additional buttons, install new Extensions that add new features, add new Themes to browse with style, and use the adaptive search system to allow you to search an infinite number of engines. Firefox is as big or small as you want.
<br>Setup's a Snap
<br> At only 4.7MB (Windows), Firefox takes just a few minutes to download over a slow connection and seconds over a fast connection. The installer gets you set up quickly, and the new Easy Transition system imports all of your settings - Favorites, passwords and other data from Internet Explorer and other browsers - so you can start surfing right away.
<br>A Developer's Best Friend
<br> Firefox comes with a standard set of developer tools including a powerful JavaScript and CSS error/warning console, and an optional Document Inspector that gives detailed insight about your pages.
<br>Read Mail—Not Spam
<br> Thunderbird is the perfect complement to Firefox.
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